Clayton "Clay" Westervelt is a film director, producer, and cinematographer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of Martini Crew Booking and Imaginaut Entertainment.
Career Westervelt attended graduate school at University of Southern California for film, where he received both the Bush and Kodak Awards for Excellence in Cinematography. Subsequently, he filmed pilots for ABC, A&E, Animal Planet, and HGTV. He also produced and directed the award-winning series Storyline Online, featuring such talents as Elijah Wood, Betty White, James Earl Jones, and Al Gore.
In 2009, Westervelt was the Director of Photography for the documentary film The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club, which won an LA-area Emmy award in the Arts & Culture / History category.
He directed and produced the documentaries Popatopolis (2009) and Skum Rocks! (2013) and was cinematographer for Lucky Bastard, Ron Davis'Ron_Davis_(filmmaker) Harry & Snowman, Paragold, Dawn: A Charleston Legend", </i>and other films.The Hollywood Reporter
Martini Crew Booking Westervelt established Martini Crew Booking as a gear and service provider for television productions in 2000.Martinicrew.com
Imaginaut Entertainment, Inc. In 2003, Westervelt founded Imaginaut Entertainment, Inc., through which he produced the SAG Foundation series, Storyline Online''.
Filmography
Director
Year Title Notes 1997 SAG Foundation Conversations TV series1998 Thursday Afternoon Short2004 Storyline Online 3 TV series 2007 Blinded Short 2008 Pushing The Envelope Short 2008 Popatopolis Documentary 2011 Lexington: Drowning Video Short 2010-2011 Mario Lopez: Saved By the Baby TV series; 3 episodes 2012 Nutty Short 2012 Birdseye Veggies Short 2012 Box of Nails Short 2013 Mr. Twister Documentary Short 2013 Skum Rocks! Documentary 2003-2014 Storyline Online TV series (19 episodes) 2014 Sylvania: Invention Short
Awards
Year Award Category Film Result2000 Temecula Valley International Film Festival Best Student FilmThursday Afternoon 2001CINE Competition Cine Golden Eagle - Student Division: Drama Cine Eagle - Amateur/Pre-Professional Tambay Film and Video Festival Student Award WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival - Gold Award Independent Student Film & Videos - Graduate Level Student Productions 2002 Crested Butte International Film Festival Audience Award Gold Poetic Justice Award 2010 CINE Competition Cine Golden Eagle - Feature DocumentaryPopatopolis 2012 Honolulu International Festival Aloha Accolade Las Vegas International Film Festival Golden Ace Award - Music Videos Nutty
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